MISBO + Explo Elevate Project
Event Details
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Who should participate?
This project is for schools of all sizes that are ready for change and change management. We think the best people to attend the kickoff in Atlanta are senior leaders on the academic and operations side of the house: head of school, academic leader, and CFO or COO. We suggest a two to three person team per school. Our experience with other projects tells us that committed leaders will get the most out of this.
Timeline
The timeline is designed to be compact and although the impact will last years, the project starts and concludes within a single semester. We will converge –diverge –converge as we accomplish learning the process and apply it to our schools.
Day 1 – Friday, January 20, 2023
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Session 1 Learning the 2-5-10 tool
- Welcome and quick introduction (Damian Kavanagh)
- Diving in headfirst (Ross Peters)
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM break and go to your room (MISBO will check everyone in and get room keys)
6:30 PM – Lobby bar for liquid courage
7:00 PM-ish - start to go to restaurant (20 minute walk, 5 minute car ride)
Volare – 603 N. Central Ave, Hapeville GA 30354 7:30 PM dinner reservation
Day 2 – Saturday, January 21, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast in hotel restaurant on your own – charge to your room
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session 2 Applying 2-5-10 to a single shared issue
- Welcome back and linkages with accreditation (Damian Kavanagh)
- Plunging in like a cannonball (Ross Peters)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Hotel restaurant charge to your room
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Session 3a Applying 2-5-10 to tabletop issues
- What are the issues that are potential applications in your school
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Session 3b
- Some personal 2-5-10
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Lobby bar for liquid courage
Dinner on your own
Day 3 – Sunday January 22, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session 4 Train the trainers to take the methodology back to campus
- Welcome to Day III (Damian Kavanagh)
- Swan diving to excellence - Creating permissions, providing foreshadowing, piloting concepts (Ross Peters)
Part 2: February –March
The cohort diverges onto campus with three-five individual 60-90 minute virtual support sessions led by the facilitators: available dates are Fridays: February 10, 17, 24, and March 10, 17, 24. The individual sessions are for check-ins for accountability and to continue to provide technical assistance. Additional continuous asynchronous support is available via email and a dedicated project website. An OPTIONAL in-person session is available for an added cost.
Part 3: Friday, April 7 and Friday, April 21
Virtual training in how to effectively serve as critical friends followed by virtual presentations from schools to each other on their projects and their progress they have made.
Part 4: May and June
Accountability technical assistance is provided to document the experience for accreditation if appropriate and for the school’s wider stakeholder community.
Meet the Facilitators
Since July 2017, Dr. Damian Kavanagh, CAE has served as President of MISBO. Damian has over 25 years of independent school industry experience. Prior to MISBO, Damian spent seven years as a vice president with SAIS where he oversaw the accreditation and membership programs of the association. Prior to joining SAIS, he spent 15 years as a teacher, coach, and administrator at The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, GA. From there, he served as head of school of Cambridge Academy in Greenwood, SC. Damian earned both his BA and MA in Latin literature from the University of Georgia, a specialist degree and doctorate in education (educational leadership for learning) from Kennesaw State University, and the Certified Association Executive designation from the American Society of Association Executives.
Ross Peters is Managing Partner for EXPLO Elevate, an innovative schools cooperative. His work focuses on independent schools and their national and regional associations in the areas of strategic planning, change management, board practice, and curriculum development. Prior to his role at EXPLO Elevate, Ross held several roles in independent schools, deriving his understanding of how a school should work and what leadership should look like from the classroom out. Ross grew up in Richmond, VA where he graduated from St. Christopher’s School. From there he went to Sewanee: The University of the South where he earned his B.A. in English, followed, after six years teaching at Providence Day School, with an M.Ed from the University of Georgia. Since his time at PDS, he has made an impact as a teacher and administrator in a range of schools, including Asheville School, Hawken School, The Westminster Schools, and St. George’s Independent School. Ross currently serves on the National Association of Independent Schools Board of Trustees. A widely published poet, his interests include hiking, travel, photography, and mediocre guitar picking. He writes often for the EXPLO Elevate blog, which you can find here.
Registration
This event is FREE to anyone that is participating in the MISBO + Explo Elevate Project.
CPE Credit
MISBO is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
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